Base-ball glove.



PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

J. E. BENNETT.

BASE BALL GLOVE.

APPLIUATION FILED 13110.17, 1.904.

3 SHEETS-SHEBT 1.

PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

LB. BENNETT. I BASE BALL GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED 10130.17, 1904.

3 SHEETS-SHBET 2.

PATENTED MAY 9, 1905.

J. E. BENNETT.

BASE BALL GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILED 1330.17, 1904.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

ant-0J2- Patented May 9, 1905.

Pamnnr truce.

JAMES EDWARD BENNETT, OF MOMENCE, ILLINOIS.

V BASE-BALL GLOVE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,480, dated May 9,1905.

Application filed December 17, 1904. Serial No. 237,242.

To It whom, it fluty concern:

Be it known that I, Jnvms EDWARD BEN- NE'IT, a resident of Momencc, inthe county of Kankakee and State of Illinois, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Base- Ball Gloves; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in base-ball gloves, and moreparticularly double and single gloves used in the game of baseball, theobject of the invention being to provide improved gloves which willpermit the ball to be caught and held in the glove or gloves and notmerely serve as a stop for the ball, as is the case with heavy gloves orpads as are in common use. I

WVith these and other objects in view the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction and combinations and arrangements ofparts, as will be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective viewillustrating my improved double glove in operation. Fig. 2 is a rear orback view of the glove. Figs. 3 and 4 are views of modified formsofdouble glove. Figs. 5 and 6 are front and back views of a form ofsingle glove, and Figs. 7 and 8 are similar views of a modified form ofsingle glove.

In the construction of double gloves shown in Figs. 1 and 2 right andleft hand heavy gloves or pads are employed and connected around theirrear or back edges by a sheet I), in which the ball strikes and drawsthe gloves together to tightly hold the ball, and an extra sheet orstrip F is secured by stitching E to the lower edge of sheet I) and tothe gloves or pads and prevents the ball dropping out, especially whenthe player removes his hand from one glove to grasp and throw the ball.If the player is right-handed, the right-hand glove or pad will havelarge fingers and thumb or be in mitten form to permit the easyand quickremoval of that hand to grasp and throw the ball. If he be left-handed,the left-hand glove will be provided with this mitten or loose glove,and .l. have shown at l fingers and thumb such as may be used.

In Fig. 3 a form of double glove is shown in which the connecting-sheetI) or receptacle which is formed thereby projects considerably to therear or back of the gloves or pads.

In Fig. 4 the double glove is made up ol outer and inner sheets ofleather, having an open mouth to receive the ball and provided withhinges I, inclosed and held in place by stitching, which compels thesections at sides of the open mouth to come together or be closed by theball entering the glove. Suitable padding may be provided between theouter and inner sheets of the double glove, and linger-rece 'itacles lare provided on the outside of the sections or halves of the glove.

In Figs. 5 and 6 I illustrate a single glove or pad in which the glove,between the thumb portion and linger portion ol the glove and at theopposite edge of the glove, as shown at 2 and 3, is indented and lacingis provided to give the glove the proper shape. In the front of theglove, around the linger edge, raised padding 5 is located, and similarraised padding 4 is located around the upper portion of the glove, whichforms a receptacle for the ball in the palm portion of the glove, andthe notched sides of the glove permit the same to fold to grasp and holdthe ball.

In the form shown in Figs. 7 and 8 the glove is slit at its back bothhorizontally and vertically and the glove or hand-receptacle secured tothe back and laced longitudinally and vertically to give the gloveproper shape, and this glove is also padded around its edge to form ahollow for the ball and can be adjusted or folded by the hand to graspthe ball.

\Vith all of my improved forms of glove it will be seen that the ballcan be held in the glove, which is a great improvement on the forms olglove or pad in use, which only serve as stops for the ball and must begrasped and held by the free hand to prevent falling from the glove orpad.

Various other slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without (.leparting from myinvention, and hence I do not restrict myself to the precise details setforth, but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes andalterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A base-ball glove constructed to provide a pocket for the ball andhaving means to allow the closing of the pocket on a ball to permit thelatter to be held in the glove.

2. A base-ball glove or pad constructed to form a pocket or receptaclefor the ball and having separated portions to permit the glove to befolded by the hand to grasp the ball.

3. A base-ball glove, comprising gloves or lingers for each hand and asheet connecting them. i

4. The combination with a glove for each hand and a sheet secured to theedges of both gloves and forming a receptacle for the ball between them.

5. The combination with a glove for each hand, one glove constructed topermit easy and quick removal of the hand therefrom, and a sheet securedto both gloves and forming a receptacle for the ball between the gloves.

6. The combination with a trough or receptacle for the ball and devicesfor the hands at both sides thereof.

7. As a new article of manufacture, a double glove for use in the gameof base-ball constructed for the reception of both hands of the playerat the same time.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

JAMES EDVARD BENNETT.

Witnesses:

B. F. GRAY, J. V. TOWER.

